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KANO, Nigeria, Aug 11, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Nigerian military killed more than 100 members of a criminal gang in an air and ground raid over the weekend, according to a conflict monitoring report produced for the United Nations and seen by AFP on Monday.

"Air and ground troops ambushed a bandit camp... killing over 100" Sunday in Makakkari forest, the report said, in the latest confrontation between troops and gang members known as "bandits" in the restive northwestern state of Zamfara.